Asus PRIME Z370-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z370-A (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 10:44
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$172 303,512 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 205 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 687 71% 556 Pts	64-Core 688 46% 688 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 139,027 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.1 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 7.3 5% 6.63 fps	Splatting 0.1 0% 0.1 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 313,667 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 272 269 254 244 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 338 Write 276 Mixed 263 SusWrite 256 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 23.4 112% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 233 199% 294 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$71 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 90 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 89.1 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 1x8GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 5: 1R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	4%	28	35	24	60	21.5"	1920 1080	DELF09E DELL E2218HN

History: Score 0: 0R 0G 0B | Score 5: 1R 0G 0B | Score 5: 1R 0G 0B | Score 6: 0R 2G 0B | Score 5: 1R 0G 0B

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 89%, 699,090 samples	10,442x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 90%, 239,862 samples	4,050x
Core i7-8700Intel $310Bench 88%, 355,950 samples	1,502x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,005,992 samples	2,388x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 136%, 782,243 samples	2,340x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples	1,605x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 807,391 samples	1,123x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 269%, 436,255 samples	972x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 113%, 629,713 samples	855x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $62Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,778x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $76Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	700x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples	591x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $974

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $469	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $535	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3050 $320	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17